The European-bohemian-inspired avant-rock ensemble, Barbez, continues to explore their musical Jewish heritage on a new album, "Bella Ciao." Conjuring a more Italian theme, the album was inspired by bandleader Dan Kaufman's meeting with composer Yotam Haber. Yotam introduced him to the mysterious, beguiling music of the Roman Jewish community, the oldest continuously living in that ancient city, which has been passed down mostly through oral tradition. Kaufman says "Bella Ciao"'s title track, probably the most famous artifact of the Italian Resistance, is central to the album's theme. Barbez gives the music their unique spin and dropped by WFMU to play some of it live.

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Mon. 9/16/13 12:11pm
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The Flickr caption says, "Opposite Hotel de Peiris. In 1944 partisans in Rome bombed and shot at an armed column of 156 German SS police in Via Rasella in Rome. 31 nazi soldiers and two civilians died in the attack. The German SS retaliated within 24 h and collected and killed 335 innocent citizens (Fosse Ardeatine)."

Mon. 9/16/13 12:35pm
Chubs:
I missed the first half hour of Irene's show waaaah!!! Damn interweb, I wish I had a radio that could receive the propagated tones and tunes of WFMU. But Seattle has yet to get street lighting. Maybe next year. Love coming into some Frisell.

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Mon. 9/16/13 1:36pm
Irene Trudel:
Whew, first moment I've had to join the comments! Glad you liked Barbez. They had to start earlier so bassist Peter could get back to work, so I had to do a bit of rushing around to set them up. Barbez has many wonderful albums to their credit (www.barbez.com). Check out their previous live set on WFMU: wfmu.org...

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Mon. 9/16/13 1:39pm
Irene Trudel:
Yes, thanks for bringing it up, Sean. The Droid version isn't ready yet but the one for Apple devices is ready to be downloaded. And there's a new app for the Free Music Archive that I think is amazing too!

Mon. 9/16/13 2:03pm
Marmalade Kitty:
The last set I clickie starred 3 tarcks in a row!

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Mon. 9/16/13 2:04pm
Mike East:
just got confirmation last week that Pat Metheny is doing two weeks of rehearsals in the studio next to my office early next year...pretty excited about that.

Mon. 9/16/13 2:13pm
bobo:
re FMA yeh hate to be a teacher's pet but me, i never do that kinda online hunting but i went to fma and i found gems but then I lost it some kinda psych-rock hawaiian group....

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Mon. 9/16/13 2:14pm
Sean in Bristol UK:
Just downloaded the music archive app, thanks for that Irene and this track is getting downloaded, love this by She Keeps Bees

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Mon. 9/16/13 2:17pm
Irene Trudel:
Pretty cool, @ Mike East! DO you know if it's in advance of a tour or a new album for Pat?